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I built a 2x faster lexer, then discovered I/O was the real bottleneck

modulovalue Tuesday, January 20, 2026
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The article explores the impact of system call overhead on the performance of tar.gz file I/O operations, highlighting the importance of understanding system-level factors when optimizing application-level performance.
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